On Wednesday, October 4, 2006 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm there will be a workshop on "Challenges Facing Women Entering the Legal Profession: What Difference Does Gender Make? The speaker will be Dr. Ellen Lack Wright, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst specializing in gender workplace issues. Introductory remarks will be made by SCU Law Professor Margaret Russell. The workshop will be held in Benson Parlors D & E on the Santa Clara University campus and refreshments will be provided.
WORKSHOP SYNOPSIS
Do women entering the legal profession face gender-based social and emotional challenges as well as the oft-discussed job challenges? Does gender still make a difference for women law students while in law school and for new graduates as they enter the workplace and develop new professional networks and responsibilities?
Drawing upon psychological theories and insights, Dr. Wright will lead an interactive workshop focusing on women law students’ particular questions and concerns.
Ellen Lack Wright, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Psychoanalyst in private practice in Philadelphia. She is a faculty member and a Senior Supervising and Training Analyst at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis and a faculty member at the Center for the Advancement of Group Studies in New York City. Interdisciplinary in her application of psychological theories and techniques, Dr. Wright has lectured nationally and internationally on topics such as ethics, the management of boundaries in treatment, and innovative applications of modern analytic psychotherapy. She has a special interest in gender workplace issues. Dr. Wright has pioneered the development of group techniques for the treatment of patients with physical illnesses and has expanded the scope of psychotherapy to previously therapeutically resistant populations.
Dr. Wright received her B.A. from Princeton University in 1979 and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 1985.
The workshop is co-sponsored by the Health Law Society; Women & Law and the Center for Social Justice & Public Service.
